A possible return of the show Take it or leave it? Arthur responds with derision

For six years, the show
Take it or leave it brought together many viewers on TF1, in prime time access. In this game, a candidate had to eliminate one by one the boxes which contained sums of money, more or less large, until only keeping one to leave with his like. During the show, a banker also called Arthur, presenter of the game, to negotiate with the candidate.

In the Parisianthe historic face of the show returned to the criticism aimed at his behavior in the old cult TF1 game.

Take it or leave itÂ: these archives which point the finger at Arthur’s attitude

At the end of 2024, archives of the cult game were massively relayed on social networks and reignited the debate. In a compilation distributed by the collective #NousToutes and which went viral, we can see comportements jugés
déplacés of Arthur towards candidates. In several extracts, Arthur is indeed very tactile with certain participants. In one sequence, we can even see him kiss a candidate on the mouth, massage another or make jokes deemed sexist. Scenes which immediately caused a reaction on the Web.

Internet users were also particularly shocked by certain sentences uttered at the time. Among them,
“I love it when people resist me“ or even “what a mini-skirt in the playroom”, that the host had said to candidates, to the laughter of the public. Faced with this wave of reactions, Arthur chose to defend himself in the columns of the Parisian.
“C’était another era. I was quite close to the candidates. When they cried, men and women alike, I held them in my arms, like a family.
Today, we could no longer animate in the same way“ he assured.

Take it or leave it back soon? Arthur responds

This Tuesday, May 26, still in the Parisianthe host once again reacted to the archive images relayed on social networks. “There was heavy jokes, which I’m not proud of at allbut mounted in such a way that I passed for a big bastard” he reported. The host also assured that several journalists would have contacted the former participants who appear in the video. According to him, none would have mentioned a situation of harassment. His lawyer then declared that the montage had “intended to pass him off as a sexual attacker“.

At the time, Arthur had initiated legal proceedings against the social networkdefamatory“. But the emblematic figure of the small screen still seems to be thinking about a return of his cult game, Take it or leave it. He said he wanted to modernize the program and adapt its tone. When talking about this possible new version, he then said: “J’en rêve mais there would undoubtedly be fewer massages“.